FEDERATION Council has turned the full circle and is "exploring the feasibility" of building a regional organics processing plant as part of a potential mega tip and recycling centre in the shire area.
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The most significant move by councillors when they were elected following the Corowa-Urana shire merger and creation of Federation Council was ripping up the agreement with Cleanaway to build a compost facility within the council-owned Howlong tip.
The council is seeking expressions of interest from landowners willing to enter into a voluntarily sale of a suitable site for a compost facility.
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A preliminary feasibility assessment has been conducted by Talis Consultants and the council is working with them to prepare a detailed study and business case on its viability.
It will provide clearer direction on the type of technology to be adopted and where to locate the facility.
"An initial site selection analysis has identified potential sites for a new landfill and organics processing site," Federation mayor Pat Bourke said.
"However, these sites are privately owned and council would need to negotiate the purchase of land."
An organics processing facility is a centralised plant that collects the garden and food waste from kerbside green-lidded bins, processes the waste using a composting technology, and redistributes the composted product.
"It also reduces a large quantity of organics going to landfill or being transported long distances away from our council areas," Cr Bourke said.
"Other benefits include the local creation of employment and the end-to-end management of our own municipal waste."
Organic waste from neighbouring councils would have been dumped at Howlong under the original Cleanaway proposal.
